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Courtesy Jesse Holder
Jesse Holder, a 173rd Airborne trooper, was wounded in 2007 while serving in Afghanistan by shrapnel from an RPG round.
Four soldiers, four battles — and, between them — four total inches separate the slim expanse between death and life.
One died because his armor plating wasn't one inch higher. Three survived by that same tiny fraction, left to mull the unanswerable: "Why am I still here?"
In the final days of 2012, the somber tally of American service members wounded in action in Afghanistan surpassed 18,000 while the number of U.S. military men and women killed there eclipsed 2,040, according to the Department of Defense.
As Jesse Holder can attest, many of those 20,000-plus causalities are here — or are gone — based on a cold geometric fact of war: So often, everything comes down to a single inch.
"I got hit in the neck and I thought I was done," said Holder, a 173rd Airborne trooper wounded in 2007 by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade while in Afghanistan. The round detonated just above and to the right of Holder's head as he rode in the turret of an Army truck, patrolling a steep-walled riverbed.
"I said, out loud, 'Oh, this is it. I'm going to die right here.' Everybody in the truck was thinking the same thing because of all the blood."
He was airlifted to a makeshift hospital where a surgeon removed the metal fragment. The doctor then revealed that if the chunk had entered Holder's neck "one centimeter to the left," it would have opened an artery. He likely would have bled to death in the truck. Instead, he was back on the line 10 days later. He never lost consciousness.
"After the fire fight," Holder said, "when you're back at your base talking about it, that's when it usually comes out: 'I was inches away.' You'll hear: 'If that glass shield hadn't been there, or if that tree hadn't deflected the bullet, I wouldn't be here now.'
"During combat, you try not to think about it. But I think that's why, when people come back, some have a hard time," added Holder, who recently published a book, "Chutes, Beer, & Bullets," recounting some of those close calls. "I've been good at compartmentalizing it, and not thinking about it. But I lost a friend like that. It was the one inch that killed him."
'It could have been me'
That buddy was Army Spc. Jacob Lowell, 22, a 173rd Airborne trooper who had been in Afghanistan for two weeks when his unit clashed with enemies armed with small arms and grenades on June 2, 2007.
Courtesy Jesse Holder
Jacob Lowell, left, is pictured with a fellow soldier. Lowell was killed in action after a bullet narrowly missed his protective armor.
"All my friends, all at one time, they got wiped out," said Holder, who was not part of that mission. "A lot of our guys didn't make it home. My good friend did die by a narrow margin. The bullet went right above Jacob's protective armor."
The feeling dubbed "survivor guilt" is a sentiment that Dr. Harry Croft, a San Antonio-based psychiatrist, has often heard expressed during his conversations with more than 7,000 veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
"I've heard lots of stories, including: 'I was so close, it could have been me.' For some, it's almost like they're saying: 'I feel worse about that than if I would have died.' So they bring home this terrible, burdensome guilt," said Croft.
Recovery can be helped by "learning to reframe that event — not to forget it, but to be able to understand it in a different way," Croft said.
Therapy can include coaxing veterans to talk about — and eventually accept — the notion that "in the heat of war, a lot of things happen, things you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy," Croft said.
What's more, combat includes the mathematical equation that thousands of deadly projectiles are whizzing back and forth, up and down; some hit vehicles; some hit trees or rocks or dirt; some hit people, and breeze an inch past human flesh.
'There's a reason I'm here'
Former Army helicopter pilot Joe Baginski has lived more than 40 years since a Vietnam mission during which he nearly was wounded or killed so often in the span of just five minutes, he can't even calculate the number of near misses. But he's put his own survival into healthy — and folksy — perspective: "I must have been smiling just right because I never got a scratch."
In November 1968, Baginski, then 21, hovered his chopper at about 75 feet in thick foliage as other men on board dropped crates of ammunition to U.S. soldiers who were running low on bullets amid a battle with a far larger North Vietnamese force. The helicopter's tail rotor spun inches from branches thick enough to bring down the craft. At the same time, North Vietnamese Army troops fired on the chopper. Bullets pierced the floor. The co-pilot was struck in the arm. A sergeant major was hit in the foot. The instrument panel and numerous gauges — directly in front of Baginksi — were obliterated in the barrage. When the ammo drop was complete, he carefully maneuvered the bird up and through the jungle canopy.
"I have no idea how many rounds we had hit on the inside of that helicopter," Baginski said. "But there had to be at least a dozen that struck that instrument panel and fragments were going anywhere. I don't know how close I came but it had to be pretty close."
For soldiers who beat heavy odds to survive harsh battles, finding deeper meaning in their post-military lives can help them deal with nagging wonders about why they came home when buddies did not, Croft said.
"They decide: 'I guess there's a reason I'm here.' That can be the impetus to move forward with life," Croft said.
That's a sentiment embraced by John Bennett, who was dropped by a sniper's bullet in Iraq in 2005. The bullet entered his right side, shattered two vertebrae, fractured a third, and cost him his colon, his spleen, half his pancreas and his ability to walk.
"An inch to the left, it would have deflected off my ballistic armored plate and I would have been fine. And an inch to the right, it would have hit my liver and it would have more than likely killed me," said Bennett, a former infantry soldier who lives in Cascade, Mont.
"In the earlier stages of my recovery it was a daily thought: Half inch left and I wouldn't be in this situation. And I still think about it periodically. But, I don't dwell on it," Bennett said. "I am a firm believer in everything happens for a reason. I don't know what the reason was for me to stay alive and be in this wheelchair, but it was for something. Maybe it was to help with articles like this that help others believe they can move forward, no matter what their situation is. Who knows?"
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Daily Trojan, Vol. 23, No. 84, February 09, 1932
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phone RI. 4111 Editor Sta. 227 Bu*. SOtTH'EKff DAILY CALIFORNIA TROJAN Unit ed Press Wor ld Wide News S ervice fxxin. NA FORTS SHELLED I JAPANESE 8y Land and Sea -ns Chinese From "Coast Village -vrHAl Tuesday, Fpb 9" C battle for Woosung Paoshan city was re-" 1 tm. today when Jap .nd sea <orrP" bP*an hr Chinese positions*. ..MBwe hail moved up rcln-itluid artillery unit* dur-jlfhl Machine (tun and £ #rtD(r bv land forces be IMM vlllwe a"d m augmrnted by (Ift-,belling the fortress and i'tryfide beyond. 'rtMdte of annw ering Chl —ngr. •eetned to indicate Tillage »as entirely de *ANTS "SHAKEN DOWN" vn growing here today re,*, forces were prepar-ilihdraw from their stub-rtdd defenses along the iffOMung battlefront in the ol increasing Japanese i yoMibility led foreign mll-fkideri to insist that the i note to American consul S. Cunningham, warning hiu would not be respona jirlife or property loss In ai settlement, waa I »a effort to "shake down" i merchants In the settle-!*ho might be willing to pay iliese troops rather than to the shelling of their prop- IlHELlING RESUMED milting as to the amount jUnen troops would demand ji leider* estimated that It ! be it least 10,000 silver p io consideration for ceas-Ire towards the settlement. |10 ld. Chinese batteries in Drth railroad station area re-. desultory shelling of Hong-The shells fell on the edge settlement, mostly ln the jtse community. CHAPEI BOMBED ipiaese airplane bombed the ie concentrations in Chapel ill a.m. foreign defense of Hong-strengthened recently to . igilnst the possible flight into the foreign area •tut they are defeated by i In Chapel, Include some Med States infantry and ts: ibout 6,000 British »»d 1,000 French troops. Ation to 6,000 Japanese, more, there is the volun-Iwps of civilians. The Unit-forces, guarding Soo-fre*k and other north-ren-l^eis, have the most import-wsltions in event of an in-[•f Chinese troops. troops sent round af-jwind of machine gun and Jitto the Japanese lines today if lifted from the Chapei ! front, on the northern boun-•f the international settle- Los Angeles. California. Tuesday. February 9. 1932. No. 84 B, CRAWFORD STANFORD TILT congress enact leglsla-t® Provide for the centra-,*wtrol of industry? F* 11 the question that will •*d on Thursday evening **■ in Bovard audtlorium. J°ws md Ames Crawford, **Ull8 S.C.. will uphold the , * **»inst John Huneke Wilt ' Vluar<l of Stanford time that the 111 is taking plate ln C ,,feck jr and h>- tsu. I meel "nother Inis u, 0 Alt0- They will *.CivUe 8tde of the ,hp var81') debate Ural °B^S *las '^I'Pn part major debates; Ames au°8een Sf c •ervice. He repre-1# the English debate ,Xtt Jher, 11 'pt'akere who will h I, Thursday are both *t t science 1 *«st . , y ,ooli Part in •Stant j°Ilall5'bloadcaflt*'d . !°rd radio Colored Motor Tires To Be Marketed NEW YORK, Feb. 8—(UP) — Colored automobile tires, the latest development of technicians in the automotive industry, are lo be placed on the market immediately. There will be twelve shades of red. green, and gold. The Idea ia to match the colors of the automobile or Its striping. The colors are vulcanized Into the rubber, 1-32 of an inch deep, by a special process developed by an Akion, Ohio, rubber company. WOMEN WILL GIVEPROGRAM FOR ALL S. C. Carrie Jacobs Bond and L. A. Woman Lawyer Are Speakers | For the first Ume in the his-| lory of the university an all-uni-I versity assembly sponsored by the women of the campus will be given tomorrow in Bovard audi-i torium, replacing all 10:10 classes. | Dean Pearle Alkin Smith, who is responsible for the varied pro ! gram, urges that all students at-1 tend to help make this Initial j effort a success. j Juanita Wagner, president of the W.S.G.A. will open the assembly with a snort speech and the introduction of President von __KlelnSmid who will preside. Selma Siegelman, Pianist, composer to talk To Be Soloist Next Features of the program will be I a greeting by Mrs. Hufus B. von KlelnSmid, and speeches by Mab MU PHI EPSILON TO AID CONCERT AT PHILHARMONIC With numbera Saturday program of orchestral Including Straus' "Don Copland Lineman, noted woman . _ . . . .. _ i lawyer of Los Angeles, and Carrie Juan," '•Fredertnaus (the bat) Ov- ^ no,pd composer who erture" by Johann Straus, and several movements of the symphony, "A Rustic Wedding," the Philharmonic orchestra will be heard Saturday evening under the sponsorship of Mu Nu chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon. Selma Siegelman, pianist, will be soloist for the evening at the scliolarslhp benefit concert. Patrons for the program include Pres, and Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmld, Dean and Mrs. Walter F. Skeele. Dean Pearle Aikln-Smith, Dr. Francis Bacon, members of the College of Music faculty and music patrons of the southland. Miss Bess Daniels is chairman of the concert committee. Tickets, priced from 25 cents to $1.00 are on sale at the Students' store, the College of Music, the U.C.L.A. Students' store, and also may be bought from members of the music fraternity. The concert will be held ln the Philharmonic auditorium. Music Student To Give Organ Recital Tonight received her master's degree at the summer exercises in 1930. Betty Henderson, member ot the Trojan trio will sing Mrs Bond's most popular song, "The End of A Perfect Day" and "The Slumber Boat" by Alice C. D. Riley, founder of the Drama League of America. Mrs. Riley who has Just published her latest book. "Skimming Through Spain" will appear as one of the speakers. BATON TWIRLER Mabel Langton who appeared In the Y.W.C.A. 1931 Hi-Jinks will give a baton twirling speciality number followed by college songs sung by the Women's Glee club. Concluding the program Gene-vive Flagman, president of the Paii-hellenlc association will present the scholarship cup for 1931 to Dorothy Kavanaugh. president of Delta Gamma, sorority having the highest scholastic standing on campus. MAY BRING RUSHEES According to Miss Plagman. sorority members may bring their I rushees to the assembly, as the | hour will be termed an open date | for rushing. All new students are | urged to take advantage of this chance to meet the officers and members of different campus organizations. Presidents of the campus groups who have cooperated to make the Assisted by Gertrude ' Graner, soprano, and Katherine Orr, accompanist, Helen Macey, pupil of Dean Walter F. Skeele of the College of Music, will present ber I assembly a success are Juanita senior pipe organ recital this eve-J Wagner, W.S.G.A; Genevlve Plag-ning at 815 in Bovard auditorium, man, Pan-hellenic; Virginia Smith. Miss Macey is president of Mu Y.W.C.A.; Margaret Huse, Mortar Phi Epsilon, national honorary Board; Hazel Redfleld. Amazon; m.tfic fraternity, and a member of Mary Jane Irf-mere, W.A.A.; Josc-Phl Phi, junior senior honorary at phine Pelphrey, Spooks and the College of Music. j Spokes; and Helen Johnson, A.S. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in | U.S.C. vice-president. C" by Bach, Xible's "Solemn Pre- j-- lude," and McKinley s "Contilne ' comprise the flrst group of or numbers. Gertrude Graner Ring "Second Minuet' by Besly and "Come Sweet Morning" by Elkin. Guilmant's "Fifth Sonata* in* Kan . Faculty Members Will Entertain uyiwia —— -I Inaugurating a new policy In eluding allegro, adagio, and scher- j faculty social events commit ee zo movements, will be Miss Ma- chairman for the faculty \ alentlne cey's selection. She will also play dance, Saturday evening, have.in-Hollln's ' Benediction Nuptial" and j vited sons and daughters of high Dlggle's "Song of Joy." ! «hool and college age of faculty Ich Liebe Dlch" by Grieg, i members. Those ln cnarge aim "Gypsy Maid" by Donizetti, and to increase the spirit of the oc-False Prophet" by Scott, will be caslon by this addition to the at-" tendance. The affair is to commence at 8 o'clock in the dance salon of the building. In Mrs. Graner's second group of songs. The concluding organ group will consist of Roger s 'Scherzo" from "Sonata In E Physical Education Minor" and two numbers by Clo-j addition to the dancing, games key; "Twilight Moth" and yon Walls." "Can have been arranged to lend variety ■ I to the evening. Doused Troy Cries, 'Gutter, Stay 'way From My Door!' Between rain clouds anil smudge pots, the sky for the last couple of weeks has been as bright and cheerful as a pledge with a flunk notice. But yesterday it rained. It was a relief finally to see something come out of the low-hung clouds. Students on the campua seemed numbers were autographed with an ink that was running and smearing the hat. Most of the gals and a few Assembly Talks To Reopen This Morning "The Open Space" will be tbe subject of a brief talk by Dr. Bruce R. Baxter tbls morning when speaking at morning assemblies is resumed for the first time ln the current aca-lemlc year. The new arrangement, as announced by Mulvey Z. White, chairman of the faculty committee on assemblies, provides for two talks weekly by Dr. Baxter, on Tuesdays and Thurs-lays, with tht remaining days of each week devoted, as in the past semester, exclusively to music. Willard Smith will play brief organ selections along with thc addresses. Dr. Baxter has stilted that his talks will endeavor to apply directly to student daily life, to be interesting as well as practical. New students and freshmen who have not heard him in previous years have been urged to attend today's meeting 'In Bovard auditorium at 9:55. This morning, Willard Smith w'lll play "Berceuse," by Tinder, and ''Toccata," by Boell-man. COMMERCE RALLY POSTPONED UNTU, FRIDAY MORNING Lobbyist Will Speak On Securing Legislation In Washington Because of conflict with the W.S.G.A. women's all-university assembly, Wednesday at 10 o'clock, the time of the Commerce rally has been changed to II a.m. Friday. This announcement was made hy Dean Reid L. McClung yesterday when he learned of the women's assembly being scheduled at the time previously set for the Commerce gathering. Joe Mlcciche, commerce rally chairman, has secured Ivan E. Goodner, for four years manager of the Washington branch of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, as the speaker for the rally. Goodner's topic will be "How Legislation Is Secured ln Washington." CLEVER LOBBYIST Reviewing his experiences as a lobbyist in Congress for Los Angeles city' and county will largely make up Goodner's speech. He Is noted as one of the most successful lobbyists in tbe business, having successfully backed 19 of the 21 bills which he had presented before congress. Only one of the bills was defeated; the other is now pending. During his stay ln Washington from January, 1928 until December. 1931 he secured, among his appropriations for the development of Los Angeles, extension of the Los Angeles breakwater; raising of the appropriation for the Post Offlce building from $3,600,-OUO to $7,400,000; $150,000 annually for the upkeep of the four national forests in the Los Angeles area; and $76,000 annually for the addition of a frost warning control the United States Weataer bureau here. METHODS EXPLAINED He will explain in his speech the difference between legitimate and illegitimate lobbying, and will review the means used by the large interests in attaining desired legislation ln Washington. Iu tho two months ln which Goodner has ben in this city since his cessation of activities in Washington, he has been a special representative of the chamber here. ENGINEERS WILL MEET ON CAMPUS FIVE DENTS TELL FIGHT IN BLIZZARD S. C. Students Snowed $n For Week In Cabin At Big Bear Weak from hunger and cold, flve prominent students of the College of Dentistry reached home Saturday after being snowed In for seven days at Big Bear, if was revealed yesterday. Leaving here the day after flnal examinations, Morgan Ralls and Wendell Hall, president and vice-president of the dental student body; Willis Ader, senior class president; Harold Blackman, manager of the Odonto club; and Gordon Carver, senior Btudent; went to the winter resort ln two automobiles. They planned to stay at Camp Juniper in a cabin owned hy one of the party. OUT OF FOOD By Sunday morning a heavy fall | of snow in the valley had cut off their connections with Big Bear. They decided to remain at the cabin for another day, but continued snowfall prevented their leaving on Monday. Tuesday morning found the party out of food, and two of the fellows made the two-mlle hike Into tbe village on snowshoes for supplies. The Journey was accomplished through a heavy blizzard, said by residents to be the worst in years. Returning to the cabin with aB mush food as they could carry on their backs, they decided to try to wait out the storm. SEARCH 8TARTED Meanwhile families and friends at the universtiy tried frantically to locate the party, but were unsuccessful as all lines to the valley were down. Great anxiety was felt for the students because their cabin was so isolated. After Tuesday it was impossible to reach the village, and the fellows amused themselves skiing and tobogganing ne*r the cabin. During the latter part of the week their food again ran out aud they were unable to find more firewood. HEAD FOR VICTORVILLE On Friday the cold and hunger forced the party to try to reach civilization, Knowing it would be impossible to reach San Bernardino by the regular road, they decided to head for Victorville, taking a chance on finding their way out. Strapping on snowshoes and cutting up blankets to serve as extra clothing, tbe little group of half-continued on Page Two) Trojan Squires Install Netv Officers Roy Johnson, College of Architecture student, was installed as president of the Trojan Squires at a luncheon held ln Student Union yesterday. Other officers who look offlce are Jack Wilder, vice-president; John I^each, secretary; Pete Cavanay, treasurer; and Irf'Roy Pace, corresponding secretary. Johnson Is a member of Slgma Nu, and Is active tn school events. Wilder is a Kappa Alpha; Leach is a Slgma Tau Kpsllon; Cavanay a Gamma Epsilon; and Pace a Slgma Chl. SIX S. C. FRATERNITIES AND FIVE SORORITIES ENDORSE WORLD GOOD WILL DRIVE Fully endorsing the International goodwill movement on the campus, six fraternities and flve sororities last night joined the campaign now being conducted by 40 student leaders under the chairmanship of Rob Boyle. Declaring that the endorsement meant complete succcss for tht campaign. Boylo called a meeting*-—------- of thc general committee for 1:50 S. C. REGISTERING OF VOTERS WILL BE CONTINUED New Registration Plans For Campus Schedule Are Announced Reglstartion of voters will continue on the S.C. campus and at University college this week in charge of Miss Norma Falken berg. The following schedule was announced yesterday by Miss Falken berg, Including the hours and places at which she will register student voters for the four elec tlons to be held this year: 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., student fountain; 11:45 to 1:00, Science and Technic building of the College of Dentls try; 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.. College of Music; 6:30 to 9:00, University College. Anybody residing within the Los Angeles city limits or In Cul ver City may register with Miss Falkenberg on the campus, and she is prepared to register naturalized as well as native-born cltl zens. The two-year registration period in force up to now has been replaced by a method of permanent registration that stands good long as the voter maintains the same residence. The registration is not permanent, however, until the voter has voted In st least two of the 1932 elections. Closing date for registration Is Fob. 30, Miss Falkenberg plained. Club Will Invite New Thespians To Open Meeting NEW RUSHING RULES TO BE MORE STRICT At a special meeting of the Drama Shop, little theater organization of the campus, will hold Its first meeting of the semester today at 3 o'clock In Touchstone theater, Old College. All new Btudents who are Interested In any phase of the thea-Pan-hellenic council yesterday, mo- I tHr HrP nuked lo attend this flrst The S.C. brantM of tbe Atnerl-°! mulp xtu pan Society of Mechanical Engl- denu C d 1 el". under j will bold a Joint meeting ^ *•»" zz 'sy.?; friends as possible. I mbrellas to enjoy the rain with the excep-; "hlr*1 I*'! h8lr,*i CH1' Dinner will be served at 6:30 | tion of a few remarks when the ( run to br * 1 to ol^ ,-e Iln lhe ,0<'lal bHl1 of ,tie 8,udent book. Siudi-at, lore BJi®l'Dd th* ! roodH .in,,!., to that which your tut! enit-ruin campua with grin* on th*ii face* , Fmma used to carry ment- aud water drlDDinc off their coata. !old AuD1t Em*n New officers elected at the laat , Slickers aud trench coals were 10 church u:i >un(a>. .meeting are Fred Alhorn, presl- j adio debate. donned by all while men seemed i Cats sloped down the street (,em. (!eorgt. Karhart. vice presl- ; IA Preliminary to to vie with one another in the loaded to the brim v.ith students (,ent Kay Tay,ori »ecretary and, *"*"■ an Inter-squad at emt to see who could resurrect seeking shelter from the rain^ lreaguier. 'h"l,hbt Ut ''le ?lde;' hJ' " Trr .fr*en l-lasser'Tirsmden, 'unum could Bates Booth, of th. School of i fe »- awiras s.» Avrts " "kursd>>v I-.*-___nH^lrnin. 1 De it OB as inn tions were passed to affect this semester's rushing. When a rushee signs her preference in the dean's office, it means that she is considered a pledge to that house, nnd that breaking her signature will mean the same as breaking a pledge. It was also passed that date cards are to be sent to the rushee between the Monday following the Sunday tea, and the, date of formal rushing. There will be a meeting of all rushees Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in S.U. 418. Dean Pearle Aikln- " Smith will be present at this j v time, and will discuss with the | _ girls, and answer any questions that the girls may wish to bring up. There will be a city Pan-Hellenic meeting Wednesday, Feb. 10, al the Women's Athletic club. Kalherlue McBride, Kappa Delta, has been delegated to attend and report for the S.C. chapter of the N.P.C. It was also announced tisat dues for the coming semester are payable at the next meeting. meeting In order to gain an idea of what is accomplished in the group of amateur thespians. Membership for the entire semester costs 91. This enables the member to try out for all plays scheduled to direct plays, or to become chairman of one of the committees connected with the organization. Each month a program Is presented which Is open to the campus. At the meeting this afternoon flnal plans will be discussed for tae February program, aa well as tentative arrangements for the re-ue on March 3. p.m. Wednesday. Fraternities which announced their complete cooperation Included Kappa Alpha. Slgma Nu, Beta Kappa, /eta Beta Tau, Slgma Alpha Epsilon, and IV»lta Slgma Phi. Sororities endorsing the movement were Alpha Chl Omega, Delta Gamma, Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Pi Kappa Phi. • MORE SUPPORT Other campus organizations Including the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C. A. were expected today to lend their support to the campalgu today which seeks to obtain a unified student opinion. Several fraternities and sororities which have not yet officially considered the plan probably will endorse the project this week, It wns stated. The campaign Is being conducted to get from students an expression of international friendliness and good faith and a dental of the necessity of war. HEAR SPEAKERS Various campus groups last night heard speakers sent out by the executive committee which is composed of 40 representative men apd women students on the campus. If a resolution should be presented before the entire student body for approval, other universities will be urged to similarly express themselves, Boyle said. "This is not a permanent organization," he stated, "but is a carefully planned project which seeks to clear U>e air of International suspicions at a critical period. We want the young people of Japan and every other country to know that the youth of America desires peace and friendliness. The best way to let them know is by our saying so. That's the purpose of this campaign." W'ork on the campus will 'continue throughout the week. MRS. JUDD FOUND GUILTY; PENALTY OF DEATH IS SET Judge To Read Sentenct And Give Execution Date Feb. 23 PHOENIX, Feb. 8—(UP)—Win-nle Ruth Judd, 27-year-old minister's daughter, must die on Arizona's gallows for the killing of her one time friend, Agnes Anne Leroi. This decision was decided tonight when a Jury that considered evidence In her case less than three hours found sire was guilty of flrst degree murder and fixed thc penalty at death. Superior Judge Howard Speak-man, who can-e from his home to accept the verdict shortly before 9:30 p.m., set Feb. 23 as the date for reading the sentence and marking the date of execution. George B. Thompson, a serious youth served as foreman of the Jury. He said only six ballots were taken and that at no time did the question of the defendant's insanity enter the consideration. "The second ballot we took up the degree of guilt," he said, "and the vote was 10 to 2 for flrst degree murder and the deal It penally. On the sixth ballot we \otod unanimously for the death penalty." Graduate Petitions Due This Afternoon The administrative committee of the council of graduate study anl research will hold Its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 12 noon. All students desiring io submit petitions to the committee are advised that such petitions must be left at the Graduate school offlce, room 108, Administration building not later than 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Legal Aid Attorney To Speak To Clubs Mrs. Dora Shaw Heffner, attorney-at-law of the 8.C. Legal Aid clinic, will be the principal speaker at the Los Angeles Ro tary club on Feb. 12. Her topic will be "Ijegal Aid and Its Place tn Community Service." On Feb. 16, Mrs. Heffner will also address the Women's University club. Her subject ou this occasion will be "Attorney's Experience in Social Welfare Work." Jazzy Candidate in Seattle Plants Kiss on La Plante SHULER TO TALK AT T FUNCTION With a discussion of the foundation of tbe Southern Methodist church forming a part of his speech, the Kev. Bob Shuler will make his first visit to the campus when hn speaks at the Y. M. C. A. dinner Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the "Y' hut. The dinner, which will last from 5:30 to 7 p.m., is the flrst of a series that will be devoted to discussions of various religious denominations by members of each sect. Victor Boggis of the community set vice committee of the "Y" will lead the community singing, with Hal McConnac accompanying. Emil Steck will preside. All campus men are Invited to attend the dinner, stated Worth Bernard today. northwest's sultan of Jazz, Vlctor Aloyulus Meyers, haraony-in-hlgh-chairs candidate for mayor of Seattle, started a new phase of his campaign tonight with a rousing kiss for blonde Laura LaPlante, movie actress. i —- j Miss I^aPlante will be Vic's cam Bible Club Confab palgn manager for a week. She will ______go after the male vole exclusively. Representing S. C. at the I ni- { Vic said tonight he had the women's versity Bible club's annual mid | vote "In the tuba' with his kissiug winter conference, Ed Davis, leuder campaign Ed Davis Attends SEATTLE, Feb. 8—(l'P) —The | asked Meyers. "Seven days ago we were presented with a daughter. 1 want to make Seattle safe for children. "I am not as economical as I might be, but 1 have a hell of a good wife. As soon as I am elected I will turn the city affairs over to her. Ir two weeks' time the city of Edlt burgh, Scotland, will senii a comnisslon over here to study economics she will put lu." Some of the planks in Victor's of the Troy Bible club, attended Ibe I "Vou are just like Jimmie Walker! platform at®- meet at Camp Seely last Saturday, | of New York," said Miss LaPlante. I Hostesses on all street cars (and Sunday and Monday. Forty-fi S.K O. sign all I Public Administration will speak and 1 at 12:15 today on of tbe People" at a meeting of day. I nity symbols, and a few prized [rain. student representatives from S. C., U. C. L A., and several Junior col leges were present at the confab, which had as Its leaders the Rev. Milo Jameson and the Rev. Samuel Sutherland. Students interested in joining the S. C. blble group are requested to attend the regular meeting tomorrow noon on tbe second floor of the Divinity house. "iiut Jimmie never kissed you1 cracked ice ou the owrl cars); like 1 did, I'll bet," the personality springboard on the new Aurora candidate pointed out. bridge for the benefit of suicides; "He didn't even try," remarked j a piccolo-playing, 240-pound copper the actress. j for police chief; solution of tha Meyers directs three orchestras | liquor question by preventing the at night. He takes them about the city on trucks ouring the day, serenading the voters (especially the housewives.) "Why am 1 running for mayor T" singing of "Sweet Adeline" after 11 p.m. without permission of the copyright owners; no cheap chisel ing in the clly hall ("I'm going to take It all myself," said Vic). Outdoor Clubmen to Plan Future Trips All members and those Interested ln the Trojan Outdoor club are Invited to attend the luncheon meeting of the club this noon at the Cottage Tea Room at 36th street and Hoover boulevard. 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What is this project?
It is a project to install 660 feet of new concrete sidewalk on both sides of Meadow St. from Block Ave. to East Ave.
What is the current status?
This project is upcoming.
How is this project being funded?
Funding for this project comes from the Street Fund. The Street Fund is financed through two sources:
1) Turn-back revenues from the State of Arkansas. The State collects motor fuel taxes, which are returned to the City on a per-capita basis.
2) Turn-back monies received from the County Road Millage Tax. The City receives 80% of the road millage levied by the Quorum Court on real and personal property located within the city.


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John Lucas
Lime green accents add a dash of sizzling colour to the black-and-white backdrop in the Virani family's sophisticated, uber-modern, custom-designed home.
Scott McKeen, Edmonton Journal · Feb. 25, 2013 | Last Updated: Feb. 25, 2013 1:01 PM ET
Man, this is a great house.
Not just because of the 120-inch projection TV in the theatre room, with its two rows of black-leather recliners.
Not just because of the exercise room - with its own bathroom and shower - across from the master bedroom. Not even because of the master bedroom's ensuite, with palatial, two-door steam shower and stately soaker tub.
No, it's because there's just something so Bond-esque about the urbane orderliness to the place - that is, if 007 were married, with children and passionate about lime green.
Meet Aleem Virani and his wife Famida, along with their too-cute-by-half daughters, six-year-old Ayanna and Rayna, three. Turns out Mrs. Bond, er, Virani was highly influential in the uber-modern interior design in the family's 4,000-square-foot, custom home.
The main floor is like a crisp black-and-white photo with painted-in accents.
Vibrant lime-green art pieces, couch pillows, stovetop kettle and kitchen drip tray add pop to the background of glossy blacks and whites, dark browns and - for modesty sake, let's say 47 - shades of grey.
Aleem was born in East Africa. His family emigrated to Vancouver and then moved to Edmonton during his childhood. He is a chartered accountant and owner of K.V. Capital, a lender to developers and homebuilders.
Famida, Toronto born and Edmonton raised, is a speech language pathologist. The couple met in university, married 10 years ago and are part of Edmonton's small, but active and benevolent Ismaili Muslim community.
This is the couple's third home. It is custom-built by Kanvi Homes, of which the couple are also part owners. So they had much to do with the design.
What the Viranis wanted was a home that was modern, open-concept and elegant in its clean lines and colour palette.
The main floor is almost loft-like in feel, with its tall ceilings and seemingly unobstructed views of everything. The kitchen is open to the living room, which in turn is open to the dining room. The office is walled off from the living room - the wall features a see-through fireplace - but it is open to the kitchen. Aleem argued for a door to the office. He lost.
The dining room features a black table with white leather chairs.
The kitchen is gorgeous, with its gloss-white wall of slide-open cabinets and camouflaged refrigerator door. The island, the stools and the mosaic-tile backsplash are all in blacks and greys. Tucked behind the cabinet wall are the pantry, more gloss-white cabinets and a second refrigerator.
Overall, the main floor speaks of sophistication, like a black tux and crisp white shirt. Thus, my sense of James Bond feeling at home here.
Downstairs is also open concept, albeit with a closed-door guest bedroom.
The aforementioned theatre is open to the main room, which includes a small bar area with two built-in wall coolers - one for wine. Yet another designated space is a dance theatre for the girls, with spotlights and a themed red wall embossed with the words: Dance, music, confidence.
The upstairs hosts the aforementioned exercise room, a small laundry room and the family bedrooms.
The girls' bedrooms are attached to a shared bathroom. The upstairs landing hosts a homework nook, with an attached long desk and stools. Very cool. The master bedroom is spacious and open to the ensuite and walk-in closet, with more of those gloss-white cabinets.
The theme of clean lines, neutral colours and spare decor - with splashes of colour - extends throughout the house. This was Famida's choice.
She says she spent considerable time on the Internet researching the looks she sought.
"It took a long time and we had lots of arguments," says Famida.
"Discussions," says Aleem, smiling.
Famida's fear was that for want of colour, the home might feel institutional, like a museum.
It does not. It feels almost clean and crisp, uncluttered and sophisticated.
Like a martini, shaken not stirred.
Scott can be reached at email@example.com for comments or suggestions for future features on unique or beautiful homes in the Edmonton region.


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Traffic is good
The annual Bisons Hot Stove is just days away with the return of Terry Collins, the New York Mets manager, serving as the keynote. While the preparations continue for a great event downtown (details below) we wanted to pass along a HUGE 'thank you' to our visitors, new and frequent.
"We salute those who have built dedicated audiences," MLBlogosphere posted. "Each month we highlight the bloggers who have attracted the most pageviews, and just like the past two years, we've done year-end Leaders as well. Congratulations to all the 2010 Leaders!"
For the third straight year the Buffalo Bisons blog finished among MLBlogs best. Herd readers positioned the blog seventh most popular among all International League based trackers, twelfth for blogs dedicated to a minor league team and tabbed in 71st overall for professional clubs.
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TWD: Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake
The TWD recipe this week was chosen by Caitlin of Engineer Baker. I wasn't sure what to expect from it. I mean Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake (recipe here)?
I decided to go with dried Mission Figs (mostly because there were no fresh ones to be found at the local grocery store). And I used Agave Nectar in place of honey. Full fat ricotta and regular cornmeal filled out the rest of the ingredients. Yep, the local store had nothing but yellow cornmeal.
I made the cake the night before I planned on serving. Dorie said that honey cakes get better the next day. I'm not sure, but that might have been a mistake. I had some overflow that I pulled off the baking sheet before it crisped up, and that was really delicious. And the batter was amazing. But the cake after a day was just... bland. Sweet, slightly dry cornmeal with bits of dried fig.
I'd like to try it again with a different fruit - maybe something tart. And serve it warm. You know, this is exactly why I hate to do just one run through of a recipe. I have to make something once to know what I need to tweak. But my waistline (and bank account these days) can't take baking twice a week.
But I have to say, I love this TWD thing. I'd have never chosen that recipe. Heck, I would have never bought the book without this group. It's such amazing fun to push out of my normal zone and try new things.
Don't forget to check out the other TWDers to see how they liked the recipe this week! And a big thanks to Caitlin for a wonderful pick!


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Raising the branding bar while lowering a standard, fashion label Stussy wants users to help it "Strip for Likes" on Facebook.
The more "Likes" that the Stussy | Amsterdam page gets, the less that model is going to be wearing.
Making a play for the male audience is a somewhat risky bet, though, as it not only could alienate female customers, but Facebook trends toward women users, overall.
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Then again, The Next Web posted a story on the campaign, noting the page had 360 Likes. About an hour later that number had grown to 573. So, like lawyers, there's no such thing as bad press.
Once a user Likes the page, another layer of fun is offered, with a "Share" or "Invite" promising another level of undress (full disclosure: we didn't Share as the mother-in-law follows our Facebook).
As AmsterdamBlog points out, too, that once you Like the page, you're inclined to check back to see what that model is
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White Soy Sauce Glazed Pasilla Pepper, Kale, Chickpea and Chorizo Quesadilla topped with Cilantro Creme Fraiche
I believe that the majority of my readers are under the impression that I must eat like a gourmand on a daily basis. Let me dispel this notion immediately: I am one very apathetic home chef. For example, tonight for dinner I threw some ramen noodles, mushrooms, spinach, vegan chicken and no chicken broth base into a pot and called it a night. It took about ten minutes to prepare, and my lazy ass is completely satisfied. If i made a cookbook of what I actually ate on a daily basis, I think I'd sell about 10 copies. And no one would read my blog.
When I write recipes, I like to not only think outside of the box, but outside of what's considered appropriate for a trained professional chef. I have no training besides what I've read in books. i let my palate do the teaching. I find that I usually have a great deal of success when I test a recipe, and the feedback I receive is 90% positive.
The biggest complaint I receive is that my recipes seem just a tad to overwhelming for novice home chef, but I promise that my book will break it down into easy step-by-step processes that even include shortcuts to eliminate a great deal of the dirty work that goes into the preparation process.
The recipes I'm posting today is one of my more simple ones, that way I don't have to listen to you all bitch and whine...haha how I kid. Actually, the only thing I'll allow you to bitch about the fact is that Whitey McWhiteGirl is making a decent attempt to create an authentic Mexican recipe.
The funny think is, I threw this recipe together with much less forethought than I do most of my other recipes, and I actually believe it to be one of my better ones. It was one of those "what do I have lying around the house that I can throw together" creations. Or, what my grandpa would affectionately refer to as a "Garbage Can Recipe".
I really enjoyed it, so did my roommates, and hopefully you will, too.
Oh, and one last thing. I've created a Facebook page for my book, "Veganize This!". On the left hand sidebar, you can click a pretty little link that will allow you to "Like" the book on Facebook. So get your mouse in gear and show me some lovin'!
Have a great week!
- 2 TBSP Canola Oil
- 4 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 White Onion, chopped
- 1 14 oz can Chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 12 oz package of Vegan Chorizo (I used Yves)
- 1 Pasilla Chile Pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 4 cups chopped Kale (any type)
- 2 TBSP White Soy Sauce
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 2 cups Vegan Cheddar Cheese, shredded
- 4 Large (Burrito Size) tortillas
In a large skillet over medium high heat, heat the canola oil. Add the garlic and onions to the pan, and saute until the onions are translucent but not browned. Add the chickpeas, chorizo, and pasilla pepper to the pan, and saute until the chorizo is browned, the chickpeas are cooked and the pepper is softened.
Add the white soy sauce to the pan to deglaze, then stir in the kale and saute until wilted. Taste to see if salt or pepper is needed, then remove the pan from heat and set aside.
Take your tortillas, and add equal amounts of the chorizo mixture to one half of the tortilla. Spread the mixture out evenly over half the tortilla. Sprinkle 1/4 cup (or more, if desired) of the vegan cheddar over the filling on each tortilla, then fold the tortilla over to make a sandwich.
You have two options for cooking the quesadilla. One is to cook it in a pan on the stove, the other is to use a George Foreman Grill-type device.
If you're cooking stove top, grease a grill pan with a touch of oil and heat the pan over high heat. Cook the quesadillas one at a time for about 4 minutes on each side, or until all the cheese is completely melted.
If you're cooking on a Foreman Grill, cook the quesadillas individually until the cheese has fully melted and the tortilla is brown.
Cut the quesadillas into 4 slices, then serve immediately garnished with Cilantro Creme Fraiche. These also taste great with pico de galo salsa or guacamole.
- 2/3 cup MimicCreme (or sub 2/3 cup Soymilk mixed with 1 TBSP White Vinegar)
- 1/3 cup Plain Soy Yogurt
- 1 small bunch Cilantro, finely diced
Stick in the refrigerator until just before you're ready to make the quesadillas.
Remove from the refrigerator, stir in the cilantro, the place back in the refrigerator until you're ready to eat.


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The title of this book is a spin off from the British phrase "Keep Calm and Carry On" (for more information on this, see The Postmistress).
Here is, as the title suggests, a divine little book for knitters. This elegant little volume, complete with silky ribbon bookmark, would make a great little gift if you have a knitter in your life. Or treat yourself to it! It's available on Amazon (.uk, .ca, .com). Though small in stature (11 x 14 cm), it is packed full of knitting tips and inspirational quotes about the therapeutic qualities of knitting. All you knit is love!
"Hobbies can be great distractions. Losing yourself in the activity is the key. Try something fresh that requires you to build new skills. Both hobbies and exercise can give you a sense of accomplishment and identity that shores you up and prevents you from falling back into overthinking."
Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Professor of Psychology, Yale University


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what's new at rainbow lodge? a WHOLE LOT. chef randy rucker of former laidback manor and tenacity supper club has taken over the kitchen and the food has gotten a lot more... well, "rucker-esque." i wasn't really sure what to expect from lunch today - i have to admit that i wasn't the biggest rainbow lodge fan previously. but we were in good hands, randy's hands. as soon as the amuse arrived, a big smile creeped across my face.
|amuse bouche from Rainbow Lodge
the amuse was a small bite of poached shrimp with cocktail sauce gelée and tangerine leaves. the presentation was clean and whimsical.
|marinated raw scallops from Rainbow Lodge
our first course were sliced raw scallops marinated in miso, white soy, and sesame oil. it was served w/ a creamy miso vinaigrette, thai chilis, fresh dill and shaved radish. the inherent creaminess of raw scallops was accenuated by the crisp radish chips. the marinade was flavorful and benefited from the nuttiness of the sesame oil. the miso vinaigrette should be sold by the gallon. i would buy some, take it home and dip everything in it. the dill and chilis added a fresh, vibrant touch.
|foie gras torchon on brioche w/ candied bacon from Rainbow Lodge
we were lucky to lunch on this particular day as the kitchen had foie gras torchon already prepared for the new years eve tasting menu. the foie gras from labelle farm had been cured in armagnac and sous vided. it was served on a piece of smoked brioche with candied bacon and blis maple syrup. tat soi flowers, rutabaga tops, and fleur de sel crowned the torchon. bacon and foie on one plate makes happy palates. and it did indeed.
|rabbit & apple cider velouté from Rainbow Lodge
a bowl with a rabbit rillette and romanesco, a broccoli/cauliflower hybrid was set in front of me. then a rabbit and apple cider velouté was poured into the bowl. this was one of my favorite courses as it was so unexpected. a velouté is one of the four mother sauces of french cuisine. the sauce is essentially made from a stock (in this case a rabbit stock) and a blonde roux made from equal parts butter and flour. the sauce is so silky the word comes from the french word for velvet, velour. randy cuts the sauce with acidity from apple cider vinegar and the end product is magnificent: slightly sweet, rich, and creamy. the rabbit rillette was equally velvety and offered something more substantial to each spoonful. the romanesco was visually stunning and just barely steamed to add yet another textural experience into play.
|berkshire pork belly w/cauliflower mushrooms from Rainbow Lodge
our fourth course was berkshire pork belly sousvided for 48 hours and then flash fried prior to serving. it was accompanied by cauliflower mushrooms (sparassis), leeks, and blackeyed peas in an orange blossom vinegar. nasturtium greens from randy's garden topped the plate and have a distinct peppery flavor. the blackeyed peas seemed to add some starchy creaminess to the plate and was a welcome reminder of the new year.
|grilled tuna and fingerling potatoes from Rainbow Lodge
the fifth course was seared tuna with fingerling potatoes in a red wine bordelaise with sprinklings of fleur de sel and tangerine leaves - both very noticeable. the tuna was cooked perfectly. the fresh citrus notes from the tangerine leaves made this otherwise good dish something very special.
|venison loin rubbed with cinnamon and "christmas spices" from Rainbow Lodge
our sixth and last savory course was venison loin seasoned with cinnamon and christmas spices. it was served with black kale, sunburst squash, and purple carrots in venison jus. the venison was not gamey at all but i would have preferred it cooked to a prettier rare. i also didn't really "get" the choice of seasonings although i appreciated the humor in incorporating some x'mas spirit on the table.
|liquid pumpkin pie from Rainbow Lodge
liquid pumpkin pie was served warm in brandy snifters. it was rich in flavor but not in cream and we remarked how good it would be with the addition of rum for a great holiday drink. i love pumpkin pie and i loved this.
|chocolate ganache from Rainbow Lodge
our last course was chocolate ganache with pistachios and wood sorrel. it was decadent and smooth on the tongue and a satisfying end to a long luxurious lunch.
i admit that i had some doubts about the relationship between randy and the owners at rainbow lodge: i was skeptical the business would not give randy the creative freedom to offer the kind of food he is blessed to be able to create. i'm happy to report that my concerns are no longer. randy will be rolling out a his new menu on january 6th.
and...if you don't have plans for dinner tomorrow night, it may not be too late to book a reservation at rainbow lodge and take advantage of their new years eve tasting menu. for details, go to randy's blog.


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NBA Scout and Five-Star Basketball Coach Scott Adubato shares the Five-Star drills and "Champion" qualities that former Five-Star campers and great point guards Isiah Thomas, Travis Best, Sam Cassell, and Stephon Marbury have used to become true point guards and leaders. Adubato focuses on six main areas to develop a champion point guard including handling and beating pressure, decision-making, executing the pick and roll, entering and executing the offense, handling the full and half-court trap, and ball-handling skills. Through each drill, Adubato teaches the principles and moves a point-guard needs to use and execute to efficiently and effectively handle the ball, pass the ball, and score. In addition, every point guard will learn the essentials of communication and conditioning for successful play. Adubato also shares the qualities and characteristics every good point guard needs as a foundation for all of the skills and abilities they will develop. This is the essential "how to be a great point guard" DVD!
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VATICAN CITY — Two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled to touch down in Cuba, a small group of protesters occupied a church in central Havana, asking that a message with their requests be delivered directly to the pope.
Their action was swiftly condemned by church authorities as "illegitimate and irresponsible." The group remained in the church for two days, and only left Thursday (March 15) after being assured by a top church leader that they could return home without police interference.
The episode illustrates the challenges that Benedict will find in Cuba during a March 23-29 trip that will also include a stop in Mexico. But it also highlights the good relationship that the Catholic Church has built in recent years with the island's communist regime.
The trip will be the pontiff's second visit to Latin America, which is home to almost half of the world's Catholics. Benedict visited Brazil in 2007.
During his trip, the pope will meet political leaders from both countries and, according to the Vatican's top spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, he might even have a brief encounter with longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro, though it is not on the official agenda yet.
In Mexico, Benedict will not travel to the Mexico City — the capital city's high altitude made it an "inadvisable" stop for the 84-year-old pope — but will visit the central city of Leon, in the Guanajuato region.
"The timing of the visit is not very good," said Luis Garcia Orso, a Mexican Jesuit who teaches theology in Mexico City. With national elections looming in July, the pope will arrive just before the campaign kicks off.
"Mexican bishops have stressed that he comes to give hope to the country during a difficult time marked by violence," said Garcia Orso, but opposition to the ruling National Action Party remains "suspicious" of the visit's election-year timing.
In Mexico, Benedict will find a country that is still strongly Catholic, but where, like elsewhere in Latin America, church membership is falling as a result of both the spread of secularism and the growing influence of evangelical groups. Despite strong opposition from the church, Mexico City in 2007 became the first state in Mexico to legalize abortion.
The Catholic Church's standing in the country has also been harmed by revelations surrounding the Rev. Marcial Maciel, the Mexican founder of the conservative Legionaries of Christ order. After Maciel's death in 2008, it emerged he had sexually abused youths for decades and even fathered at least two children.
It was then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) who ordered an investigation of Maciel and restricted him to a life of prayer and penance in 2006. But despite his practice on previous trips, Benedict is not scheduled to meet with abuse victims during the visit, Lombardi said.
After three days in Mexico, the pope will leave for Cuba on March 26.
The official reason for Benedict's visit is to mark the 400th anniversary of the El Cobre sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity, Cuba's patroness whose cult has revived in recent years as the church's role in Cuban society has grown stronger.
A group of Cuban-American pilgrims, as well as several bishops led by Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, will be in Cuba for the visit.
The Vatican opposes the U.S. Cuban embargo, which it considers "useless," and relations between the church and the regime have warmed in recent years. But tensions remain.
On Sunday (March 18), Cuban authorities rounded up some 70 members of the group Damas de Blanco (Women in White) during a demonstration in Havana to mark the 2003 arrest of 75 political dissidents, many of them the sons and husbands of the women activists.
In 2010, Raul Castro, Fidel's brother and successor as president, asked Havana's Cardinal Jaime Ortega to organize the release of the political prisoners, who mostly went into exile in Spain. Yet the women's marches continue.
"The quiet dignity of the Damas stands in stark contrast with the acts of those who are standing in the way of the basic aspirations of the Cuban people," said Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the Obama administration's National Security Council.
According to Cuba's ambassador to the Holy See, Eduardo Delgado Bermudez, relations between Rome and Havana have become "easier."
The church supports the regime's tentative steps toward economic reform, he said, but the Cuban government and the church also share a common "spiritual concern" against "consumerism" and Western culture's exclusive focus on "material things."
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172. ISAAC ASIMOV: A lifetime of learning
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a writer, known for his contribution to science fiction (including The Three Laws of Robotics, I, Robot and the Foundation series) and his staggering work in other genres and non-fiction.
Asimov had a formal education in chemistry, earning his PhD and working as a chemist for the Navy during WWII. He taught biochemistry and later became a professor at the Boston Univeristy of Medicine, all while writing stories for fantasy magazines in his spare time. He finally left the University in 1958 to focus on writing. Asimov's output was truly mind-blowing, writing over 500 (!!!) books and 90,000 letters. He said: "Writing is my only interest. Even speaking is an interruption."
Asimov's non-fiction books were mostly on astronomy, but his other titles covered general science, history, mathematics, physics, Shakespeare, the Bible and mythology. He was completely self-taught in these areas and was successful for being able to take difficult scientific concepts and make them entertaining for the general public. He said he could "read a dozen dull books and make one interesting book out of them." To get some idea of how vast Asimov's knowledge was, his books appear in nine of the ten Dewey Decimal Classes.
The quotes used in this comic are taken from a fantastic interview Asimov did in 1988 (which you can watch on YouTube). In it, Asimov predicts how in the near-future, personal computers will help anyone learn anything 'that strikes their fancy' in the privacy of their own home and at their own leisure. Of course, that prediction came true with the internet, and even though the technology from The Matrix isn't available yet, where we could upload information directly into our brain and shout "I know kung-fu!", it has never been easier to learn whatever you want, no matter how niche. Thanks to reader Jenny for sending me the quote and the Brain Pickings article that featured the interview.
RELATED COMICS: Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot. Richard Dawkins The Lucky Ones. Albert Einstein A Human Being is Part of the Whole. Jack London I Would Rather be Ashes Than Dust.
– I admit not having read any of Asimov's books. Where should I start? The Foundation series? His story Nightfall was voted the best short science fiction story of all-time, so maybe that?
– Asimov said that one of only two men he knew who was smarter than himself was his good friend Carl Sagan.


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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, visiting Boston, gave a brave interview in that great, and very Catholic, City last week. Brave, because it contained the following response to the question as to whether or not he felt a connection between Ireland and Boston:
"I have no relatives in the United States of America, which is unusual for an Irishman. My father's eldest brother's children all emigrated to Canada . . . So I have no feeling for Irish-Americanism. I don't understand it . . . American sentimentalism for a country they don't know, it's not my dish." I, as it happens have some direct experience of Boston "Irish-Americanism".
I had gone there for a discussion with the then Archbishop, Cardinal Law, who was in overall supervising control of the Anglican Use semi-jurisdiction, a kind of forerunner of the Ordinariate (I've been involved in all this for years).
The Cardinal introduced me to his secretary, then said, mischievously, Dr Oddie is an Englishman. Mrs so and so is Irish, he explained, as she glowered at me, she doesn't like the English. Why not, I asked, puzzled: well because of the way you persecuted Irish Catholics, she said. Yes, I said, but they cruelly persecuted English Catholics, too, probably worse; I'm an English Catholic". This was not a part of Catholic history of which she had been previously aware. She just knew that the Irish are supposed to hate the English.
Nor had she ever been to Ireland, about which she clearly knew nothing at all. I was an undergraduate in Dublin (one of the best decisions of my life) over fifty years ago, long before the vast improvement in Anglo-Irish relations that has taken place in recent years. In all my time there, including an extra postgraduate year, despite my evident Englishness I never once encountered anything but friendliness and courtesy.
From Irish Americans, I have through the years encountered a certain amount of discourtesy. "I'm Irish", was the explanation, the first time I came across this phenomenon. "Really" I replied, genuinely puzzled, I wasn't being a smartass; "you sound American to me: what part of Ireland do you come from?" He, too, had never been to Ireland. Neither had his father or his grandfather. But they all called themselves simply "Irish", tout court.
"I don't understand it", said Archbishop Martin last week; "American sentimentalism for a country they don't know, it's not my dish". Well, it's not my dish, either. It can be entirely harmless, of course (though the real Irish do sometimes regard the phenomenon with puzzlement) and it does help the tourist trade. I remember, one St. Patrick's day, in the entrance hall of a Dublin hotel, watching in astonishment as a group of Irish Americans, all dressed in bright emerald-green suits, stood drinking pints of bright green beer and smoking huge bright green cigars.
I expressed my amazement to the Hall porter, who simply replied, "Ah, sure, they're enjoying themselves, and it does no harm". Well, to be fair, it's part, I suppose, not just of Irish American sentimentalism, but of a general tendency in the American mind to generate Disneyfied versions of other countries; but I'm not sure (certainly in countries which become over-reliant on the tourist trade) that that does no harm. Americans are a great and creative people. When you're in America, the very many reasons there are to admire, respect and like them a lot quickly become very evident. That's not always true outside the US (mind you, foreigners don't always love the Brits who visit them, and neither do I).
Back to Ireland. Irish-American sentimentalism has been responsible for very much worse things than emerald-green suits: until 9/11 (when the penny finally dropped in the US, that you can't on your own soil allow open and unimpeded support for terrorism abroad, either) it brought death and destruction as well. Only Libya supplied more financial aid and more weapons and logistical support to the Provisional IRA than Irish Americans did. The Provos were responsible for the deaths of approximately 1,800 people. The dead included around 1,100 members of the British security forces, and about 630 civilians. But it was OK to collect money on the streets of Boston and New York for the funding of all this death and destruction as long as you knew the words and music to "Have you ever been across the sea to Ireland?" (answer, in most cases, no) and "Danny Boy".
Archbishop Martin again: "Irish-Americanism… it's not my dish". Your Grace, many others feel the same, including (quite literally) thousands of widows and orphans in the six counties and throughout the rest of the UK, too. "Ah, sure, they do no harm". Well, even about that small, peaceable, fuddled group of green beer drinkers, I begin to wonder: had none of them, perhaps walking down Fifth Avenue, ever reached into their wallets for a ten dollar bill, as someone approached them, smiling, with a bright green collecting box?
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Microsoft: Xbox One captures footage at 720p 30fps
Xbox One's DVR game capture will record footage at 720p and 30fps, Microsoft's system architect Marc Whitten has confirmed. He has also revealed 1080p gamerpics.
Responding to a fan as part of an 'Ask Microsoft Anything's session on IGN, Whitten said of Xbox One's recording prowess, "Game DVR captures beautiful clips at 720p 30fps. The first thing you'll see with our game DVR is the integration of our Upload service on the console. This service allows you to manage, edit, and share your content.
"Your clips are stored in the cloud. Also, you'll see games making "magic moment" videos of your gameplay based on the game DVR functionality – all seamlessly integrated. You'll be able to see these clips in the Xbox One Guide, in your own game DVR collection, and when you are looking at gamercards on the system.
"You'll also see games take advantage of this platform capability and do interesting things to integrate captured game footage into the game experience itself."
On the new Xbox One gamerpics, Whitten added, "Your avatar will be on the system at launch and in fact, you'll have some new options, including the ability to do full-body HD gamerpics. By the way, we should actually talk more about gamerpics too.
"We've moved from the 64×64 gamerpics on Xbox 360 to a full 1080p. They are beautiful, and you are going to see some really cool hero moments, like when you login to see personalized views of your games and other content."
Last month we reported that Xbox One's DVR function captures the last five minutes of your play, as opposed to PS4's 15 minutes.
At the weekend, Microsoft also confirmed that the Xbox One's GPU speed and drivers had been upgraded. Get the details here.
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First of two stories, which are part of an ongoing series on obesity in America. The first part begins in August as students start their weight-loss journey at Wellspring Academy, a boarding school in Brevard, N.C. The second checks in with the students a few months later.
The gravel road announces families' arrival at Wellspring before they actually get there. As cars begin to pull up the breathtakingly narrow, windy roads that lead to school, the thrumming of cicadas is temporarily eclipsed by the crunch of tires on gravel, then the slam of car doors.
Teens cross the green lawns, often with parents and siblings in tow, to check in on a rustic front porch of what looks like a big log cabin. There they receive a schedule and make their way to Tammy Olivier, Wellspring's office manager and HR director. As "Miss Tammy" — honorifics are standard here; everyone is addressed as Miss, Mr. or Coach — welcomes the students, she asks them to catalog all the things they normally can't live without.
"Just write down what you brought with you, like your laptop, your cellphone, camera, Kindle, stuff like that," Richards says, pointing to the clipboard where all the valuables will be listed. "We'll put them in here," she says as she points to small plastic bin with a snap-close lid, "and label them, and give everything back to you when you leave."
This scene — minus the electronics appropriation — is replayed during move-in day on hundreds of campuses across the United States at the beginning of the school year. But this isn't just any campus — this is Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas, a boarding school designed to help overweight and obese students lose weight while also teaching traditional academics. And these teens aren't just any teens; they are kids who are seriously overweight, sometimes so much so that their lives are endangered. Wellspring is the one place in the world that might be able to, finally, help them take — and keep — the weight off.
Don't Call It Fat Camp
Being here makes these kids special, but being overweight doesn't.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 30 percent of American teens are overweight, and it's pretty easy to guess why: too many sodas and high-calorie snacks; too much sitting before the computer and the TV; too many PE classes cut because of budget demands. The result: spiking numbers of teens with diabetes and increased risk of adult health problems like cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, cancer and stroke.
Some of the students here have dieted on their own, done programs like Weight Watchers, or seen nutritionists, which brought temporary loss that eventually led to weight regain. Wellspring, tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, N.C., promises no coddling, no distractions and a lot of hard work. And, says Director David Boeke, the school's very isolation is what allows its students to succeed.
"You can't do that when you're at home and always being interrupted by school, or the birthday party or the normal day-to-day events," Boeke, says, waving to returning students who are helping newcomers with their bags. "Here you're able to focus on yourself and do what you need to do to learn and be successful."
Like traditional boarding schools, there is a full day of classes and tutoring, so students will be current with what their schools are studying when they return to them. Students here range from middle school through high school.
Heather Richardson, Wellspring's clinical director, says this is definitely not your standard fat camp, although some students have been to those, too. (And Wellspring runs several weight-loss programs, including summer camps.)
"Students are not just spending a few weeks of their summer working at trying to get healthy quickly," Richardson says. "They're investing a big chunk of their life in change and habits that will allow them to have permanent and long-lasting effects in their weight control." The school has rolling admissions. Most kids come for the fall or the winter semester — or both.
It's a commitment of time, of energy and of a significant amount of money: A year at Wellspring costs about $62,500 — more than many four-year colleges. Some insurance companies will pay for the counseling services that are built into the curriculum, but that's less than a quarter of the total cost. Richardson admits the school gets its share of well-off students, but kids whose families are struggling financially manage to come, too.
"We've seen families who've had fundraisers with their churches [to help]. Many of these families have spent their retirement or all their children's education funds to come here," Richardson says. "Many of our families have said: 'This is your college, and we know we're adding years to your life. So this is more important now, and we'll figure out your education in the future.' "
Is It Worth It?
The big question is: After all this money and time and effort, is a stay at Wellspring worth it? Bethany Grace Gomez, 16, says yes. A vivacious girl with a quick smile and flashing dark eyes, Bethany came all the way from Galveston, Texas, to continue her work at Wellspring. She started last spring and says it was excruciatingly hard at first — the calorie restriction, the daily exercise, the myriad rules and the elimination of normal daily distractions like TV and her cellphone.
From an angry girl who was more than 100 pounds overweight, she has morphed into a friendly, outgoing young adult with a much slimmer profile. Between her two months at Wellspring Academy in North Carolina last year and six weeks at a Wellspring camp over the summer, Bethany says, "I lost about 65 pounds, and I'm about halfway there."
She says people often ask her the is-it-worth-it question.
"This has honestly made me a different person. It's not only helped me with my weight loss; it's also helped me become more mature, because I'm away from my family. It's preparing me for college life, because I'm in a dorm. I'm just so grateful for this experience." She's hoping she'll spend one more semester here, then return home to her family. "I love it here, but I'm ready to do the work and then move on with my life," she says.
Linda Humphrey has come this first day with her daughter Haley, 15; they're both friendly, with an unmistakable Alabama twang. Linda expects Haley to be here "at least a semester." Haley did a Wellspring camp, too, and her mother says the end-of-summer results were gratifying. "She lost about 34 pounds in six weeks, her body mass index went down a few points," Humphrey says. Haley is "a lot healthier, and a lot happier with herself and who she is, which has been a great thing for us."
It's what other parents are hoping for their children, too. Sydney Applebaum's parents, Meryl and Mitch, flew from Boston with their young son, Matt, to sign up Sydney, who is 16. When asked what she hopes Sydney will get from her stay here, Meryl tears up and waves to her husband to speak for them both.
"We hope she learns about herself, and makes the changes that she really wants to make," Mitch says, looking fondly over at his oldest child.
And what if some of those changes involve revamping the family's diet once Sydney returns home for good?
"Hopefully she'll learn a lot here, and return to teach some of that to us," Mitch says with a wink. "The first 16 years, we were teaching her. Now it's her turn to time to pay it forward, so to speak."
If obesity has touched your life, share your story with NPR and the Public Insight Network.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. In the battle against obesity, the casualties are often children. There are, of course, no magic pills to conquer fat and the treatments that work for kids are usually time consuming and expensive.
In August, NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates visited a boarding school that's teaching kids a hard lesson: that keeping weight off requires a lifetime commitment. She then went back two months later follow up. Today, we have the first of her two reports.
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: It's moving in day at Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas in Brevard, North Carolina.
TAMMY OLIVIER: Good morning, Haley (ph). I'm Miss Tammy. Nice to meet you.
BATES: Tammy Olivier, Wellspring's office manager, is greeting Haley Humphrey, who's come from Alabama with her mom and toddler brother. As she signs in, Haley also prepares to give up the electronics that are the life blood for most teens.
OLIVIER: I'm looking for cell phones, iPods, cameras, laptops, iPads, Kindles, Nooks.
BATES: In other words, nothing to encourage sedentary behavior, especially at the expense of movement.
Wellspring is nestled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 20 minutes south of Ashville. It's in a part of the country that's known for its caloric cuisine, but don't look for any of that here. No buttered cornbread, no pork barbecue, no huckleberry pie with home-churned ice cream. That's for the outside world.
Here, only the scenery is luscious. It's also work. Students will hike the rolling green hills, ride horses and swim the calm lake as part of their daily exercise. The five-year-old Wellspring campus here and its sister campus in California have earned a reputation for taking in children who are overweight, sometimes morbidly obese, and teaching them over several months to prefer healthy food and exercise, which is why Haley's mother and brother have come to drop her off today.
LINDA HUMPHREY: My name's Linda Humphrey. I'm here for my daughter Haley, who's 15 and she's here to lose weight and to get healthy.
OLIVIER: And how long will Haley be here?
HUMPHREY: At least a semester, which is four months.
BATES: Like a lot of Wellspring students, Haley tried other weight loss methods before committing to this rigorous and expensive one. Linda says Haley went to a Wellspring summer camp and saw progress and wanted to continue at school.
HUMPHREY: She lost 34 pounds in six weeks, dropped her BMI, her body mass index, so...
BATES: So now, Haley is ready to do full emersion. Out on the lawn, Wellspring's executive director, David Boeke, says full emersion may be the only thing that works for kids like Haley.
DAVID BOEKE: I think, ultimately, most of our students have already tried and worked very hard before they came here.
BATES: And Boeke says most don't come to a place like Wellspring unless and until they have exhausted other avenues. This is their last, best hope.
It's not an easy fix. A typical day at school starts with a five mile walk at 7:00 a.m. Then there's breakfast, classes, lunch, more physical activity, homework, dinner and an hour or so with a personal trainer a couple of nights a week before these kids finally fall into bed.
There are stationary bikes on the front porch in case students want to spin as they gossip. And scales are discreetly nestled into the corner of every room in case they want to check their progress.
And they do make progress. Trainer, Nicole Casing(ph), says one of the most gratifying parts of her job is watching children who come in at the beginning of the semester depressed, lethargic and unable to move perk up and look forward to exercise as the weeks go on.
NICOLE CASING: You also see them transform in the sense of their confidence because they realize they're capable of things they didn't think they were capable of before and so they really come out of their shells throughout their time here at Wellspring.
BATES: The Wellspring system is so intense, the school has become a reality TV star.
BATES: Kids from last year's class were featured in the Style channel's popular series "Too Fat for 15, Fighting Back." In it, viewers see firsthand how very hard it is to lose weight. Sometimes, as young Emily Hodge discovered, even when you do everything right, the needle on the scale doesn't budge.
EMILY HODGE: It sort of makes me upset when, like, people lose. Like, they didn't even try. Like, lose, like, a buttload of weight each week.
BATES: In the end, though, almost all of them do. So if Wellspring works, why aren't there 500 kids here instead of 50? For one thing, these students need a lot of attention. The academics are rigorous, so tests like the SATs can be taken on time. There's lots of behavior modification counseling and plenty of physical training, all best done in small numbers.
Clinical director Heather Richardson points out another unavoidable reality.
HEATHER RICHARDSON: The price of coming to a residential treatment type school is exorbitant.
BATES: A year at Wellspring is a little over $62,000, more than the annual tuition at most four year colleges, so many of the students here come from families that can afford to send them. But, says Richardson, many don't.
RICHARDSON: We've seen families who've had fundraisers with their churches, using their community, looking for loans. Many of our families are spending their retirement and all of their children's education funds just to send them here and I think some of our families will say this is your college.
BATES: It's a sign of how desperate families are to get their kids healthy and make sure they have a normal life expectancy. Many students, like this one, say the work and expense are worth it.
BETHANY GRACE GOMEZ: I'm Bethany Grace Gomez and I'm from Galveston, Texas.
BATES: Bethany is returning to Wellspring after a short stay here last year and time at a Wellspring summer camp. Her loss so far, 65 pounds. That's halfway to her total goal.
GOMEZ: It's life changing, honestly. Like, I told as many people who ask me about it. I'm like, this has honestly made me a different person. Like, it's not only helped me with my weight loss. It's helped me become more mature because I'm away from my family. It's preparing me for college life because I'm in a dorm and I'm so grateful for this experience.
BATES: She hopes she'll meet her goal soon and get to return home in time to go to her senior prom in a dress that's several sizes smaller. But living her thinner life will involve a lifelong adjustment. Going forward, Bethany will continue to keep her daily fat count low and maintain portion control. She'll wear a pedometer to encourage her to walk at least 10,000 steps daily. And she'll carefully monitor everything she eats by writing it down in a small journal. It's a routine all the new students will be very familiar with soon.
By early afternoon, the newbies are all moved in. They've met their roommates and coaches.
SYDNEY APPLEBAUM: Hi, I'm Sydney.
MARTHA PEDZWATER: I'm Coach Martha. Nice to meet you.
BATES: Their bags have been inspected in what's known as a duffle shuffle. Coach Martha Pedzwater(ph) explains.
PEDZWATER: The duffle shuffle is just where we go through and make sure that they have all the appropriate packing list items so that they're ready for their activities here.
BATES: Then it's time for the families to leave and the students to get down to the hard work of losing weight. If they make enough progress in the next eight weeks, they'll earn the right for what's called the Off Campus Challenge. That's when the kids will be allowed to go home for the weekend or go out to eat with their visiting families. It will be their first experience with an open-ended menu since coming here.
Tomorrow, we'll return to Wellspring to see how they did. Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR News.
BLOCK: And you can find pictures of Wellspring Academy and its students on our website, NPR.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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It would appear that someone has taken my "trying to teach quantum physics to parrots" quip and run with it.
Here it is then, a guest post from Jayfree LordGunner Szczesny via our partners at OTBAG. Enjoy, I did. PG
I set out in my own little way to try and teach quantum physics to parrots, seeing there are far too many these days. As an avid reader of this blog I may not hit the great heights of the usual writers but I will simplify it a bit to a level even the moaning parrots can understand. I do love history and a stat or two, but not today.
Rather, I'll be looking at the period 2005 to now that created the Great Schism amongst our fan base.
In 2006 we reached our first ever Champions League final which was swiftly followed by a move to the majestic Emirates stadium coupled with a state of the art training ground in the shape of the Colney. However the lack of any trophy in the following years delivered a schism that showed the true colour of every Arsenal fan.
Judging by what detractors, moaners and haters have made of this period one would assume it has all been stagnation and mediocrity. This is very far from the truth with the club achieving so many club bests and records, not to mention the avoidance of the pitfalls that befall many a club following a change of stadium (e.g Man City, Wigan and Nottingham).
With the Anti-Arsenal crescendo growing there was emergence of a true and intelligent fan base to rival the camp made up of lazy journalists with half baked lies, moaners, glory hunters and other such filthy ilk. I prefer to call them the parrots, repeating the same old lies over and over in hope we all fall for them as gospel truths.
However, much to the chagrin of our club's enemies, we stood firm in our faith and support.
The parrots seeing they were destined for an epic failure resulted to spreading doom and gloom. The other option for them was to label the true, faithful, loyal and intelligent fans as AKBs, blind, deluded, sycophants etc. This was a serious case of the blind choosing to ridicule the sighted for being far-sighted. It also leaves one asking: if our most decorated manager doesn't know best then who does? The idle bloggers with zero games managed? The social media account holders who have become experts on scouting, injuries, signing, tactics etc. Or even the journalist who would earn more as a manager if he could but only put his footballing theories to the test.
Maybe it still remains to be seen who is deluded.
But when you sit there asking us not to support EVERY player in our shirt then you are clearly deluded. Delusion is a guy who has never even managed a Sunday school team having the arrogance to ask us to agree with all his doom and gloom, trust his untested opinion rather than that of our most successful manager. You can write a million blogs on surgery but I wouldn't trust you over a proven surgeon, no day no way. Would you rather be a sycophant to a moaning blogger who knows next to nothing about managing a football team or a sycophant to a manager of the decade?
Wait, don't answer that.
Some typical examples of parrot lies include the following gem: The players don't have heart.
While this may be true of those who left us (like Adebayor, Cole, Nasri?) for more money or to ride on the backs of others for a quick trophy (Cesc, RvP?), it is certainly not true for those who stay and fight for the shirt. As you moan and throw your toys out of the pram, the likes of Diaby, Ramsey, Sagna stayed and put their bodies on the line for us. At the very least, they deserve our love, support and respect.
A common lie that we have all heard is that the club is not ambitious and Arsene has money to spend. Which of course he never spends, season in season out. I guess having a blog, working for a local tabloid or even owning a social network account makes you, as an individual more ambitious than those who actually kept us stable having overseen an ambitious move to a new stadium. A move, incidentally, others such as Spurs and Liverpool, are STILL struggling to make. If Arsene had kept back £60m every season, his mattress would have hit the ceiling by now. Anybody with half a brain will know we have not been in the financial shape to compete with Man Utd or the sugar daddy clubs.
Then somebody yells: even smaller clubs spend more than we do! And that is why you have Rangers, Portsmouth, Coventry, Leeds etc paying the price.
A realistic Arsenal fan – a sincere fan – would never ask the club to spend beyond our means knowing it could put us in a shallow grave.
The most comical parroted lies touch on the manager.
How many times have you come across this crap that the manager doesn't do tactics, the manager doesn't train defence or know how to buy a defender? But these people – many of whom write on social media, maybe the odd pundit who has failed as a manager or as a blogger who has managed zero games, knows less about tactics than a League Two manager, let alone Arsenal's best manager and, again, incidentally, the EPL Manager of the Decade. Some of the best defenders in our history like Campbell, Toure, Cole, Lauren, Sagna, Koscielny etc, are all HIS buys. Holding the European record of 996 minutes, the unbeaten season, all apparently achieved without Arsene bothering to get around to training the defence are all obviously HUGE contradictions.
In all this I have discovered we have several types of parrots.
The first type of parrots are the Trophy Hungry Brigade who demand a trophy at all costs. They will use history to tell you we are a big club that fails if it does not get a trophy, yet they tell you don't use recent history of Arsene trophies to appreciate him. Of this group Bergkamp wondered whether they love Arsenal or just Arsenal with trophies.
The second group are the Moaners. This is the most absurd group, crying and whining instead of supporting.
The Moaners crumble at the first sign of difficulty but are the FIRST to blast the players for not showing heart.
Moaning at every signing, every substitution and every line up. This group has already predicted Sanogo will flop. Amusingly, just like they did with Koscielny and many others before him. After predicting every player will flop they do get a perverted we told you joy when it doesn't work out for a player. The hindsight moans after every line up and substitution could be the subject of a great satire. Ramsey has left them with egg on their faces, but even now, they STILL think they know best.
The third type are the Pseudo Experts – among them the bloggers, the journalists and managerial failures turned pundits. The first two use misleading headlines and twisted stories to spread their Anti Arsenal/Arsene agenda. The pundits talk too much over how practicing managers aren't doing the simple A,B,Cs of the game whereas they failed or dare not try. Turns out it could just be peer jealousy. Arsene once said he "is paid to manage they are paid to talk". Well we all know talk is cheap, so let them talk.
The fourth type are the trolls from other clubs who masquerade as Gooners to be part of the anti Arsenal/Arsene agenda. Their agenda is to act as a catalyst to self destruction, attempting crudely to push us over the edge. They paint a picture of an Arsenal fan who is always angry, frustrated or bitter with his club, management and players. Sadly for them, we see through them all.
The true genius of our manager has been seen in adversity.
The loyalty of our true fans has been seen in adversity.
The manager deserves to be hailed for the ambitious move to Emirates and how competitive he has kept us against all odds. Paul Kaye and his mates unveiled the 'GEORGE KNOWS BANNER' not only as a tradition but a show of our class. True fans like myself never fear parrots and we always chant, 'ARSENE KNOWS BEST'. We are never afraid or shy to proclaim always, 'IN ARSENE WE TRUST'. A true fan stands for something and never falls for anything or gets blown by the winds of doom and gloom. You will never find a better, stable and more successful 17 years in our history. Never forget it took us 44 years to build and rebuild for our first ever trophy.
On the subject of celebrating fourth, a certain King Henry made it clear that in our celebrations we were happy to prove our detractors wrong and to bamboozle the enemy, nothing more nothing less.
With better days ahead keep the faith and support Arsenal.
I can be found on Twitter as: @LordgunnerJefri
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Robert and I are always looking to identify events that help entrepreneurs succeed. Given that there is such an array of online and offline activities, it's difficult for any entrepreneur to know which events and forums are truly worth their time.
That's why we're so pleased to have been invited to be official media guests for the 7th Annual Business Networking Night. The event has become one of the most worthwhile and fun evenings for up-and-coming business leaders in the City. In BusinessCast #121 — Robert and I captured the energy and enthusiasm from the event — organized by Toronto's leading business networking facilitator, Jennifer Beale.
While at the event, we spoke to dozens of entrepreneurs and asked them two key questions:
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Whale born at SeaWorld San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — A new female calf joined the ranks of SeaWorld San Antonio's killer whales early Friday.
Shouts of excitement from about 20 SeaWorld employees rang out as the yet-to-be-named calf emerged just after midnight, capping a 17-month gestation period, company spokesman Brian Carter said.
"It kind of sounded like someone scored a touchdown," he explained.
Immediately after the birth, the 7-foot calf swam to the surface of the pool for its first breath of air then cuddled with its 22-year-old mother, the theme park said.
The arrival marks the fourth whale birth at the park. The calf joins five other killer whales already there.
The baby whale is estimated to be about 7 feet long, less than half the size of 16-foot, 5,000-pound Takara.
The calf will make its public debut at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Shamu Theater's main pool, where trainers will be speaking about the pregnancy and birthing process of killer whales.
The calf's official training process will begin in about a year, but she likely will begin picking up her mother's habits immediately, Carter said. While there's no set date for the calf to be introduced to the other whales, they know about the birth, he said.
"Already they're starting to hear the baby, and they're aware," Carter said.
He explained that introducing the baby to the other whales is akin to introducing new pets into a household — it must be done over time in controlled settings.
The calf is expected to be with the park indefinitely, but Carter said it's common for zoos and aquariums to transfer an animal to other facilities to ensure its health and social wellbeing.
Employees are continuing the 24-hour surveillance of the whale, which began weeks ago in preparation of the birth, Carter said. SeaWorld will not interfere with the animals' bonding process, he said.
In a statement released Friday in response to the birth, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals renewed criticism of SeaWorld for its captive breeding program.
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